LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG
(G. Clifton Bingham / James Molloy)
Nelson Eddy
Also recorded by:
Webster Booth; The Chordettes; Herbert L. Clarke; Richard Crooks;
Bing Crosby; Deanna Durbin; Jane Eaglen; The Four Lads;
George Hamilton IV; Jeanette MacDonald; Gordon MacRae;
John McCormack; Joan Morris; Bob Pearson; Teddy Powell;
Rover Vity Brass Band; Mary Schneider; Artie Shaw; Jo Stafford;
Rise Stevens; Richard Tauber; Ben Wilmot.
Once in the dear dead days beyond recall.
When on the world the mists began to fall,
Out of the dreams that rose in happy throng
Low to our hearts love sang an old sweet song
And in the dusk where fell the firelight gleam
Softly it wove itself into our dream
Just a song at twilight
When the lights are low,
And the flickering shadows
Softly come and go
Though the heart be weary,
Sad the day and long,
Still to us at twilight comes love's old song
Comes love's old sweet song.
Even today we hear love's song of yore
Deep in our hearts it dwells forever more
Footsteps may falter, weary grows our way
Still we can hear it at the close of day
So till the end when life's dim shadows fall
Love will be found the sweetest song of all.
Just a song at twilight
When the lights are low,
And the flickering shadows
Softly come and go
Though the heart be weary,
Sad the day and long,
Still to us at twilight comes love's old song
Comes love's old sweet song.
(Contributed/Transcribed by Bill Huntley - July 2005)